The singer was expected to debut the lead track from her upcoming seventh studio album yesterday (September 17), but has now delayed the release until the end of the week.

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"We were notified that #Rihanna and her staff decided to delay her new single. It should premiere later this week," confirmed Benjamin Galouye, a music programmer at French radio station NRJ who were due to play the song.

Sia Furler, who is heavily rumoured to have penned the song for Rihanna, later tweeted: "Next Monday should feel pretty good."

Rihanna's seventh studio set, which serves as the follow-up to 2011's Talk That Talk, is expected to be released in November.

Meanwhile, Rihanna is nominated in six categories for the MTV Europe Music Awards, which will take place at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday, November 11.